He was born with the surname "Pieper", but "Peeper" is on his tombstone and is therefore used on this memorial. The use of both surname variations have been used by his descendants.
He always went be the name Henry after he immigrated from Germany.
He left Germany with a wife and eight children, and arrived in New York in 1847 with nine. A daughter was born on the sea voyage from Europe to New York.
Originally they left Rotterdam bound for Baltimore. As the ship rounded the northern tip of Scotland, it met a fog and was grounded on a rocky beach in the Orkney Islands, just east of Kirkwall. All passengers and crew got off safely with their belongings, but the ship was lost.
The Piepers and the other immigrants benefitted by the charity of the islanders who put them up in farmhouses all over the island. They eventually found another ship that took them to New York.
From New York, they settled in southern Wisconsin for a few years, and then moved permanently to Allamakee County in Iowa.
He always went be the name Henry after he immigrated from Germany.
He left Germany with a wife and eight children, and arrived in New York in 1847 with nine. A daughter was born on the sea voyage from Europe to New York.
Originally they left Rotterdam bound for Baltimore. As the ship rounded the northern tip of Scotland, it met a fog and was grounded on a rocky beach in the Orkney Islands, just east of Kirkwall. All passengers and crew got off safely with their belongings, but the ship was lost.
The Piepers and the other immigrants benefitted by the charity of the islanders who put them up in farmhouses all over the island. They eventually found another ship that took them to New York.
From New York, they settled in southern Wisconsin for a few years, and then moved permanently to Allamakee County in Iowa.
He was born with the surname "Pieper", but "Peeper" is on his tombstone and is therefore used on this memorial. The use of both surname variations have been used by his descendants.
He always went be the name Henry after he immigrated from Germany.
He left Germany with a wife and eight children, and arrived in New York in 1847 with nine. A daughter was born on the sea voyage from Europe to New York.
Originally they left Rotterdam bound for Baltimore. As the ship rounded the northern tip of Scotland, it met a fog and was grounded on a rocky beach in the Orkney Islands, just east of Kirkwall. All passengers and crew got off safely with their belongings, but the ship was lost.
The Piepers and the other immigrants benefitted by the charity of the islanders who put them up in farmhouses all over the island. They eventually found another ship that took them to New York.
From New York, they settled in southern Wisconsin for a few years, and then moved permanently to Allamakee County in Iowa.
He always went be the name Henry after he immigrated from Germany.
He left Germany with a wife and eight children, and arrived in New York in 1847 with nine. A daughter was born on the sea voyage from Europe to New York.
Originally they left Rotterdam bound for Baltimore. As the ship rounded the northern tip of Scotland, it met a fog and was grounded on a rocky beach in the Orkney Islands, just east of Kirkwall. All passengers and crew got off safely with their belongings, but the ship was lost.
The Piepers and the other immigrants benefitted by the charity of the islanders who put them up in farmhouses all over the island. They eventually found another ship that took them to New York.
From New York, they settled in southern Wisconsin for a few years, and then moved permanently to Allamakee County in Iowa.
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